Marthina Mutanga
REFUSE that has been piling up for over a year and has been posing a risk to the health of residents of Omaruru has finally been removed after the town’s municipality purchased a garbage collection truck.
Mayor of Omaruru, Roger Nautoro, said that with the latest acquisition, the municipality will ensure that the town remains clean and that the health of residents is never again compromised.
Nautoro added that at a time when hygiene is a top priority, the municipality took it upon itself to improve hygiene at the town after residents expressed dissatisfaction over accumulating rubbish due to a lack of refuse collection.
At the time residents complained that rubbish had not been collected for over a year at Hakahana and Ozondje locations.
Nautora added that apart from the refuse collection truck, resident will also soon receive 3,000 wheelie bin.
